Since taking his degree in Art, Martí Anson (Mataró, 1967) has worked as an architect (Bon dia, Sala Montcada, “la Caixa” Foundation, 1999/2000 and L'apartament, Galeria Toni Tàpies, 2002), footballer (L'angoixa del porter al penal, Iconoscope, Montpellier, 2001), film director (Walt & Travis, 2003, at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA), boat-builder (Fitzcarraldo, 55 days working on the construction of a Stela 34 yacht at the Santa Mònica Art Centre 2004/2005), painting thief (Mataró/Montreal, Circa Gallerie of Montreal, 2006), builder working on the construction of a replica of a building in the United States, promoting the conservation of local heritage (Martí i la fàbrica de farina, Lucky 7. SITE Santa Fe Biennial, 2008, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA), courier trying to transport a factory from his home time to Lyon (Martí i la fàbrica de xocolata, Rendez-vous 09. X Lyon Biennial, Frac Villaurbane), and house painter, painting the walls of a gallery in the colours of two football teams, along with their match results (El preu dels colors, Galeria Toni Tàpies, 2009-2010). He has also sought his fortune by establishing a chauffeur service in cooperation with Latitudes (Mataró Chauffeur Service, No soul for Sale, Tate Modern, London 2010), and has attempted to recover the furniture that his father made in the nineteen-sixties in the city of Mataró (Joaquimandson, Meessen de Clerq Gallery, Brussels, 2011). 

Today, he works as an architect, restoring the holiday home that his father designed in the nineteen-seventies (Catalan Pavilion. Anonymous architect. Nouvelles Vagues, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2013, Fundació Suñol, Barcelona 2014 and Beaufort 2015 Triennial, Belgium, 2015). 

Biography written in 2015